Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

A room without books is a body without soul

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.